Display device.



A. P. s; DBEM.

DISPLAY DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED O0T.24, 1910.

Patented Alm-18,1911.

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-' DISPLAY DEVICE.

fisio; "serieu No. 588,772.

To all whom it may concern: i

Be it known that l, ADDISON IF., DEEM, a citizen of theUnitedvStates,residing at Belpre, in the countyfof `Vashington and Stateof Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Display Device, of which thefollowing.vr isa specication.u

This invention relates to display racks and is a division of anapplication filedrby me on August 1, 1910, said application bearingSerial No. 574,882.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter which is simple in construction and which will serve as aholder for advertising or other matter to be displayed and at the sametime can be used as a receptacle for articles of different kinds, suchas thread, thimbles, ribbons and the like.

Another objectis to provide improved means whereby the frame of the rackcan be readily connected to its brace.

lVith the foregoing and otherobjects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it'being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope ofwhat is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a display rackadapted for use as a ladys work holder. Fig. 2 is a detail view of aportion thereof.

`Referring to the figures by characters of reference A designates aframe consisting of upstanding legs 1-1, formed of strips of sheet metalor the like and a transverse member 2, riveted or otherwise secured tothe members 1 and formed of a similar material.

3 designates lugs which are formed by cutting parallel slits in the sidemembers 1 and forcing the material between the slots rearwardly, toproduce spaces between the rear sides of the members 1 and the frontsides of the lugs 8, which spaces are of a size to admit the edgeportions of a card or plate having display oradvertising matter thereon.Y Similar lugs 2O are formed upon a horizontally disposed strip 19 whichis riveted or otherwise secured to the sides 1 and located abovepthelower lends" thereof. This strip is formed withelongated slots`21'fo`r`the purposedof allowingV a ribbon to` be passed through .the slotsandsupported on the Iarm 21a formed thereby, t-he ribbon being doubledandhaving its ends hanging down to be iisedor ,the .nulnQSeQf Surrertes.Pine and y.needles and the like, thus acting 'asasubsti' tute for acushion. A receptacle 22 is formed upon the outer face of the strip 19Aand has a partition 211, there being a V-shaped opening 23 in one endwall of the receptacle. This opening is designed to hold anycompressible article which may be wedged and firmly secured in positionin an obvious manner.

The hooks 25 secured to the bottom ends of the side members 1 are usedfor the purpose of supporting any article for which they may be used.As-shown in Fig. 2 these hooks have studs 34: passed through aperturesin the side members and upset to hold the parts together rigidly.Thimble holders 26 are provided, each being punched outof a piece ofsheet metal and having an aperture to receive the thimble, the rear endsof the holders being riveted to the side bars of the frame. The prongs32 as is clearly obvious from the drawings, are punched out of thematerial of which the top bar 2 is formed. The prongs have a roundedreceiving face to engage and retain pens and pencils and the like, andeach of them is provided with a sharp depression or cutting edge c whichis for the purpose of cutting thread, the thread being led thereto fromthe spool holders 28. Each of these spool holders consists of a singlepiece of metal having outwardly extending arms 29 and 30 which projectin opposite directions and a stud 31 which is spirally twisted to allowof the free rotation of a spool placed thereon. The arms 29 and 80 forma base to support the spool and permit rotation thereof. Each side bar 1adjacent the top thereof is formed with an opening of a shape to providea pivot or cross piece a and abendable finger o which latter has noconnection with the outer end of the pivot or cross piece a.

The wire support 27 has its upper ends coiled to form an eye as at c andprovided with a downwardly extending finger cl.

In operation the lingers b are bent to one side of the pivot or crosspieces a to such an extent as to permit the eyes or coils c to be pPatented Apr..` 18, 1911. Qrigmaiappneaaon aieaaugifstijieioysenaiu.574.832. Divided and uns appncanon inea october 24.

slipped over pivot or cross pieces a, after which the fingers Z) areturned to their original positions, forming stops to prevent the eyes orcoils c from leaving the pivot or cross pieces a.

What is claimed is:

l. In a display device, a frame and a brace therefor, the brace havingport-ions of its upper ends coiled, cross pieces carried by the frame atthe sides thereof and engaging the coils, and bendable fingers integralwith the frame and disposed to Contact with the cross pieces to ret-ainthe coiled ends thereon.

2. A device of the class described including a frame, a transverselyextending pivot device thereon, a brace having an eye mounted on saiddevice, bendable means carried by the frame for engaging the end of thepivot device to retain the eye thereon, and a stop finger extending fromthe brace and movable against one face of the frame.V

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aixedmy signature in thepresence of two Witnesses.

ADDISON P. S. DEEM. Witnesses:

ELMER L. BROWN, BRADLEY L. STONE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for iive cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

